Students win $1,000 scholarships from organizations

Deborah A. DeGrate, a senior interior design major, recently received a $1,000 scholarship from the Kansas City chapter of the International Facility Management Association. She will be honored during the chapter's annual luncheon on June 17. The IFMA, the world's largest and most recognized international association for professional facility managers, assists members in recognizing the integrative influence facilities have on human behavior, productivity and organizational goals.

Daniel Joseph, a senior business finance major, received a $1,000 scholarship from The National Society of Leadership and Success, Sigma Alpha Pi. The organization is a nationwide community committed to dramatically improving one’s ability to successfully attain desired outcomes. It guides individuals through the process of identifying and committing to focused and dedicated actions that lead to personal success. Joseph served as the co-president of the Park University chapter this past year.


ICM students to perform with Kansas City Chamber Orchestra

A trio of Park University International Center for Music students will perform in a concert with the Kansas City Chamber Orchestra on Sunday, June 22, during a "Beethoven Mini Festival." The concert, held at Village Presbyterian Church, 6641 Mission Road in Prairie Village, Kan., will begin at 3 p.m. The ICM students performing are:
• Lolita Lisovskaya -- will be featured during Piano Concerto No. 2
• Maria Ioudenitch -- will be featured during Romance in F
• Christian Fatu -- will be featured during Mass in C major

For more information about the concert, visit www.kcchamberorchestra.org.


Young, student work on upcoming theatre production in Kansas City

Jon Young, assistant professor of theatre, and Jenn Peterson, a junior majoring in theatre performance, are working on the upcoming production of Othello for The Heart of America Shakespeare Festival. Young is the charge scenic artist and Peterson is an apprentice in the paint department. The production runs June 17 through July 6 in Kansas City's Southmoreland Park; For more information, visit www.kcshakes.org.

Park sponsors improvements at Hill AFB library

Park University's Campus Center at Hill Air Force Base, Ogden, Utah, was recognized for its sponsorship of the Gerrity Memorial Library at Hill AFB during the library's rededication ceremony on May 20. A plaque commemorating Park's sponsorship of the library's computer lab is now displayed in the library. In the adjacent photo, Kevin Beckwith, Hill AFB Campus Center director, accepts the plaque from JaneEllen Ogilvie, base librarian.


Trustee assists entrepreneurship class project

Students in the Spring II MG 675 Entrepreneurship Seminar class, taught by Michael Fitzmorris, assistant professor of international business, had the opportunity to work with Park University Board of Trustees member Mark Comfort for a class project.

The students analyzed Comfort's advertising and promotional materials, as well as advertising expenses, for his business, Comfort Travel. The students also worked on a similar consulting project for Jennifer Havens of Wines by Jennifer.

Students participating were Stephan Raddatz, Camille Hunn and Justin Hinkle. They are show in the adjacent photo with Fitzmorris (left) and Comfort (second from right).


Jessica Wohl featured artist in Campanella Gallery exhibit

According to Jessica Wohl, the passage of time is inevitable, and just as the camera preserves a moment in time, her paintings recount specific moments in her personal history that when linked together, provide her with a connection to her past. Through Friday, July 11, visitors to the Campanella Gallery in the McAfee Memorial Library on the Parkville Campus can view a variety of her work in the exhibit, "Silver Crowns: Portraits of a Generation."

Two major visual elements inform Wohl’s paintings -- figures and ornamentation. The figures she paints are elderly friends or family. They are physical embodiments of cultural survival and sustenance. The ornamentation in her work provides culturally-derived backdrops for the figures.

Wohl, a graduate of the Kansas City Art Institute, has had her work on display at various galleries across the Kansas City area, including the Kansas City Jewish Museum, The Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art at Johnson County Community College, Sprint-Nextel and H&R Block. Preview Wohl's work at